As a part of her ongoing visit to KSA, during which the bilateral Haj agreement for 2024 was signed between India and KSA on 7 January, 2024, Union minister for women and child development and minority affairs Smriti Zubin Irani, accompanied by minister of state for external affairs and parliamentary affairs V Muraleedharan, led a delegation of senior officials from ministry of minority affairs and ministry of external affairs on a historic visit to Madinah, one of the holiest cities in Islam, on Monday, January 8.
The delegation visited the perimeter of the Prophet’s Mosque (Al Masjid Al Nabwi) in the Markazia area of Madinah. This was followed by a visit to the mountain of Uhud and a visit to the Quba Mosque. Quba Mosque is the first Mosque of Islam while Uhud Mountain is the final resting place of a number early Islamic martyrs.